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RA 5495 Section 87

RA 5495 Section 87

Incidental powers of City Court.

Section 87

SEC. 87. Incidental powers of City Court.—The city court shall have power to administer oaths and to give certificate hereof; to issue summons, writs, warrants, executions, and all other processes necessary to enforce its orders and judgment; to compel the attendance of witnesses; to punish contempts of court by fine or imprisonment, or both, within the limitations imposed by the Rules of Court, and to require of any person arrested a bond for good behaviour or to keep the peace, or for the further appearance of such person before a court of competent jurisdiction. But no such bond shall be accepted unless it be executed by the person in whose behalf it is made, with sufficient surety or sureties, to be approved by said court.

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CitationRA 5495 Section 87 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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